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Home values are falling for more than half of America — the biggest share since the country was still clawing its way out of the Great Recession.New data from Zillow shows that 53 percent of US homes have lost value over the past year, the highest level since 2012, when the housing crash finally hit bottom.The national market looks flat on paper, but that average masks huge differences between regions, cities and even neighborhoods. Prices have been slipping in much of the South and West as more homes hit the market and buyers stay on the sidelines. Many would-be buyers...

A vast trove of Jeffrey Epstein's private calendars and emails are being revealed today by DailyMail.com. The hundreds of pages in the files give an unprecedented insight into the late pedophile's extraordinary network of power and influence. Among the revelations is that Epstein appeared to know personal details about the marriage of Bill Gates and his ex-wife Melinda – while magician David Blaine had numerous dinners with the financier.

The saga of now-deceased pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s “fixer” Ghislaine Maxwell continues to grind on, generating headlines that the New York Post and the Daily Mail in the UK simply can’t resist. And let’s be honest… neither can many of the rest of us. The Daily Mail has uncovered (pun intended) yet another gem from the disgraced madam’s upcoming court proceedings. If the reports turn out to be accurate, the court now has videos of a very provocative, if not pornographic nature involving unnamed “individuals” who may have been with some of Epstein’s young victims. And until some names are attached...

Keir Starmer has insisted he will be Prime Minister at the next general election - despite nearly half of Labour voters saying he should stand down. A YouGov survey of 2,100 people found 23 per cent think the party leader should quit now and elect someone else, while a further 22 per cent believe he should give up his role at some point before the next election. Only a third, 34 per cent, said he should continue to lead the Labour Party into the contest. Asked if he would stay on, Sir Keir told The Mirror: 'Yes, I will. Let...

Britons' anxiety about climate change plays a big role in many mental health struggles among the country's youth and can trigger guilt about having children, a new report has claimed. The report by the United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA) also suggests that yoga and visiting "climate cafés" could help stave off this "eco-anxiety" and build emotional resilience in times of change. "An awareness of climate and environmental change can also lead to emotional or psychological responses, such as eco-anxiety," it reads, defining the term as distress caused by the threat of climate change. The authors also reference "solastalgia," which...

Keir Starmer is facing another major challenge to his authority as angry Labour MPs vowed to force changes to new hardline migration measures that would bring an escalation in the deportations of children and families. The policies – which include the possibility of confiscating assets from asylum seekers to contribute to costs – have caused significant divisions inside the party, with some MPs accusing their colleagues of not taking seriously public anger about illegal migration and asylum. The Conservatives have said they could support the government to pass the tough new laws in the event of a major Labour rebellion....

Embattled UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is channelling his inner Donald Trump as he tries to stop the relentless flow of small boats carrying immigrants across the English Channel from sinking his Labour government. A package of harsh measures to be officially unveiled on Monday would make Starmer the human rights lawyer blanch. But Starmer the prime minister has little choice but to get tough if he is to stop the votes flowing to the insurgent Nigel Farage. The new measures are modelled on those adopted by Denmark’s centre-left government, which has managed to cut the flow of irregular immigrants...

People granted asylum in the UK will have to wait 20 years before they can apply to settle permanently, under plans due to be announced by Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood on Monday. The major shake-up to asylum policy comes as the government seeks to reduce small boat crossings and asylum claims. Under the plans, people who are granted asylum will only be allowed to stay in the UK temporarily, with their refugee status regularly reviewed and those whose home countries are then deemed safe told to return. Currently refugee status lasts for five years, after which people can apply for...

US President Donald Trump has said the UK must follow America's hard line on immigration or 'you're not going to have a country left'. He praised his own immigration policies, claiming he had reduced people entering the US illegally to 'zero', adding the UK must 'take [migrants] back immediately'. Speaking to GB News, he called for Keir Starmer's government to deploy the military to tackle the small boats problem in a wide-ranging interview that also saw him threaten again to sue the BBC for up to $5 billion. It comes after the BBC sent a personal apology to the US...

Press release – Calls for Scottish Government to reject extreme abortion up to birth plans 14 November 2025 – A review of abortion law in Scotland commissioned by the Scottish Government, and undertaken by a group chaired by a former trustee of the UK’s largest abortion provider, has recommended that Scotland scrap the 24-week time limit and allow abortions on social grounds, including for sex-selective purposes, right up to birth. In Scotland, 98% of the 18,710 abortions performed in 2024 were done so under section 1(1)(a) of the Abortion Act, which is interpreted by abortion providers to allow abortions to...

If there’s one thing the Labour party can agree on this week, it is that efforts by Keir Starmer’s allies to shore up his position backfired spectacularly. By briefing journalists that he would face down any challenge and accusing Wes Streeting of leading an advanced plot to overthrow him, figures around the prime minister managed only to expose the weakness of his position. The sharks were already circling – there is no shortage of senior Labour politicians convinced they can do a better job of running the country. And the botched briefing operation on Tuesday night was proof to many...

Julie Benson has had to "fight" to have a DNR order removed from her sister, who has cerebral palsy and epilepsy but enjoys a "good life".Families have slammed the NHS for putting "do not resuscitate" orders on disabled patients without their consent. An investigation by ITV News found that multiple UK hospitals have put blanket 'Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation' (DNR) orders on at least 12 patients with learning disabilities after being ordered to stop the practice five years ago. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) said the blanket imposition of DNRs on disabled people had caused potentially avoidable deaths in...

A skewed Trump speech edit, a Gaza film built around a Hamas operative’s son, and repeated factual distortions have plunged the BBC into a credibility crisis. Conservatives are celebrating, Trump is threatening a major lawsuit, and the network faces a steep political cost There is no need to attribute superpowers to Donald Trump. No American president, not even a narcissist in White House mode, can shake a public broadcaster in another country and continent and trigger the resignation of its director general and head of news. The BBC misled the public about Trump. It deceived viewers who had always regarded...

Allies of Keir Starmer warned Labour plotters last night they could trigger a general election if they oust him. As rumours of a leadership challenge swirled at Westminster, friends of the beleaguered Prime Minister claimed any new leader would 'need their own mandate' from the voters. The warning followed a chaotic day in which a Downing Street bid to 'kneecap' potential rival Wes Streeting backfired disastrously. With Labour currently averaging less than 20 per cent in the polls, an election now could see hundreds of MPs lose their seats. Although there is no legal requirement for a new PM to...

Three failed asylum seekers who arrived in the UK on small boats have appeared in court charged with gang raping a woman on Brighton beach. Two Egyptians and an Iranian Kurdish man are accused of dragging the 33-year-old woman onto the stone beach before subjecting her to a horrific ordeal. The three migrants appeared at Lewes Crown Court in East Sussex today where a trial date was set for next year. symbol

Rapists will no longer be allowed to self-identify as women, Scotland’s top police officer has said in a major U-turn. Jo Farrell, the Police Scotland chief constable, said on Wednesday that her force would back a long-standing campaign to “accurately” record the sex of alleged rapists, instead of allowing a situation in which they could theoretically have been formally classified as women. Under Scottish law, only men can commit rape. However, the national force had previously said the sex of anyone who comes “into contact” with it, including suspects, would be based “on how they present or how they self-declare”....

The new Archbishop of Canterbury says that churches should not feel anxious about baptising asylum seekers in the face of concerns about fake conversions. Dame Sarah Mullally, who will move into Lambeth Palace next year, claimed that due to the persecution faced by millions of Christians around the world, people may wait until they are in the UK to publicly declare their faith. The Archbishop of Canterbury-designate made her comments as she raised her concern over a call in Parliament for the rejection of refugee claims on grounds of religious persecution, where the person converted after arriving in the UK....

The resignations at the top of the BBC feature on almost every front page, alongside a slew of critical headlines. "BBC Bosses Quit In Disgrace" says the Daily Mail while "Beeb Boss Quits Over Trump Lies" says the Sun. According to the Daily Telegraph, the decisions by Tim Davie and Deborah Turness to step down have left the BBC "facing its biggest crisis in more than a decade" with senior MPs demanding a "major shake-up". The Financial Times says the simultaneous departures underline the scale of the problems at the corporation. The Guardian reports that the resignations have caused "shock"...

The new moniker combines the royal family's name, Windsor, chosen by King George V in 1917, with Mountbatten, the surname of Andrew's late father, Prince Philip. The UK's former Prince Andrew may have lost his title, his house and assets granted by the Crown along with his reputation after his connection with disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein came to light, but on Wednesday he gained something. And that something was a hyphen to his new name. The disgraced royal will from now be known as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and not, as was previously announced, Andrew Mountbatten Windsor. The...

Britain’s government was due to weigh in Tuesday on a feud between the BBC and U.S. President Donald Trump, who is threatening to sue the broadcaster over the way it edited a speech he made after losing the 2020 presidential election. Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy was set to deliver a statement on the BBC crisis in the House of Commons, with critics demanding major changes to the corporation and supporters urging the government to defend the U.K.'s public broadcaster from political interference. Outgoing BBC Director-General Tim Davie, who announced his resignation on Sunday because of the scandal, said the BBC...